What is your Hobby?

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  • Jimbo55
    Jimbo55 Member Posts: 590 Member
    #42
    denistd said:

    Hobby
    Music, music, music in that order. Not really a hobby, a way of living, I started out on guitar at age twelve in England, I have been at it ever since with some minor successes. Have played with, recorded with, opened up for the biggest British bands of my era (sixties, seventies and 80s). Whereas I have hung it up now, I follow things and artists as they blossom. Steve Marriott's kids, for those going who? he was the lead singer with Humble Pie. His kids are doing great, his Toby out of Atlanta and his daughter Mollie in the UK. So yeah, I guess my hobby now is talent spotting. Denis

    Humble Pie
    Wow, Humble Pie was the first concert (of many) I ever went to, at the Arie Crown in Chicago. That brings on the memories....Cheers

    Jimbo
  • stevenl
    stevenl Member Posts: 587
    #43
    Kent Cass said:

    Computer hobby
    The treatment time further established my hobby of computer activity, just as being on this forum has. Golf took a major hit years ago when I developed arthritis in my lower-back, so the dream of breaking 80 was already in my dust when C came around. And, as a sport's fan, the Cubs and Bears sure haven't been doing their part in keeping me busy with following their teams (though the Bears of 2010...).

    I'm what is known as a Chartist. The banking/housing crisis hit the market so the low was in March of 09. My treatment started in early-Feb., so I had a lotta time at home to be on the comp during market hours. For stocks, it was both the best and worst of times, and I went thru a major change that has worked out quite well. To be painfully honest, though, in all I'm still around break-even, so it's not like I've done well. It's just that during the time of treatment it kept me very busy on the comp both before and after the rads, and then after the market close with the charting, which takes 1 1/2-hours, typical- truly did help me a lot. Made me feel like I was still working, you know, and that was very good therapy for me. And it is like a hobby with me, still, because if it was a job- hey, I'd have spent the last 9 years waiting to get my first paycheck!

    kcass

    Fishing
    Without question Fishing. A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

    Steve
  • team stevens
    team stevens Member Posts: 46
    #44
    stevenl said:

    Fishing
    Without question Fishing. A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

    Steve

    Amen
    Amen to that brother.

    Mike
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #45
    Hondo said:

    John


    I am amazed at your talent

    Aww...
    Thanks, thought you knew that I was an artist also...
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #46
    Skiffin16 said:

    Aww...
    Thanks, thought you knew that I was an artist also...

    I didn't know you were an artist!
    Your work is beautiful John!
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #47
    sweetblood22 said:

    I didn't know you were an artist!
    Your work is beautiful John!

    Thanks
    Thank you all for the compliments....
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #48
    team stevens said:

    Amen
    Amen to that brother.

    Mike

    Talented people!
    It is amazing how much talent is on this site. John your art is amazing! I checked out your
    expression page awhile back & was totally blown away. We all have such a variety of different interest's & passion's in our lives. When I was younger fishing with my dad & later with hubby & kid's. Once the kid's flew the coupe we were into building homes & doing reno's. I eventually got tired of working my butt off & decided to let my feminine side show. I opened a fashion house & worked with a top canadian designer for 15 year's. She was also an artist & now has opened up her own galllery in Toronto. Then later sold diamond's untill hubby said I was buying more than I was selling but still dabble in it for old customer's of mine. Cooking & baking I love more than anything, now I am trying to get my energy back to contine with that. Having my girlfriends over & going out on a Saturday afternoon to the Country matinee & dance my socks off! Have to get more energy back for that one lol!
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #49
    stevenl said:

    Fishing
    Without question Fishing. A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

    Steve

    Hi Steve
    Agree on the bad day fishing being better thn a good day at work. I too like to fish but I like to do mine with a spear gun while diving.
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #50
    Hondo said:

    Hi Steve
    Agree on the bad day fishing being better thn a good day at work. I too like to fish but I like to do mine with a spear gun while diving.

    Hondo
    This is a great thread! You would be wellcome in my home anytime. I am am mrried to an italian & they love to have company over. I just wish we all lived closer.
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #51
    denistd said:

    Hobby
    Music, music, music in that order. Not really a hobby, a way of living, I started out on guitar at age twelve in England, I have been at it ever since with some minor successes. Have played with, recorded with, opened up for the biggest British bands of my era (sixties, seventies and 80s). Whereas I have hung it up now, I follow things and artists as they blossom. Steve Marriott's kids, for those going who? he was the lead singer with Humble Pie. His kids are doing great, his Toby out of Atlanta and his daughter Mollie in the UK. So yeah, I guess my hobby now is talent spotting. Denis

    "30 days in the hole"
    For some reason I have always thought Peter Frampton was the lead singer.

    Learn something new every day!

    Take care,

    Joe
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #52
    matthewcplourde said:

    I write!
    I've been telling stories my whole life, and some of my short fiction/editorials have been published. Until cancer, I was afraid to live my life outside the box society had created for me. Now, I'm much happier when I'm not trying to fight the artist within!

    For anyone into fiction, feel free to check out my blog:

    http://matthewcplourde.wordpress.com/

    Matthew!
    Congratulation's on the release of your book "Eden". My hubby is a huge fiction follower, so I will head to chapter's to see if it is available if not I shall order it. I find it best to let him read it first or he will be pestering me to hurry up & finish it,I like to take my time & enjoy a good book! Thank you for sharing your blog with us all!
  • KristynRuth86
    KristynRuth86 Member Posts: 140
    #53
    rozaroo said:

    Hondo
    This is a great thread! You would be wellcome in my home anytime. I am am mrried to an italian & they love to have company over. I just wish we all lived closer.

    Wow!!
    Y'all are some amazing people! All these wonderful hobbies sound more like talents!! I'd say right now, more than anything my hobby is parenting! I just love spending all my time with my 2 little ones, everyone tells me to spend as much time as I can with them now, because before I know it they will be grown! I do like to cook also! Trying new recipes is always fun!
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #54
    KristynRuth86 said:

    Wow!!
    Y'all are some amazing people! All these wonderful hobbies sound more like talents!! I'd say right now, more than anything my hobby is parenting! I just love spending all my time with my 2 little ones, everyone tells me to spend as much time as I can with them now, because before I know it they will be grown! I do like to cook also! Trying new recipes is always fun!

    Cat's In The Cradle
    They grow up way faster than you'll ever realize....

    I can remember the days when my children were just babies and toddlers especially. Now my daughter is 25 and my son 30....very hard to think my little boy is 30 years old.

    It always reminds me of the Harry Chapin song, "Cat's In The Cradle"....

    Best,
    John
  • Glenna M
    Glenna M Member Posts: 1,576
    #55
    KristynRuth86 said:

    Wow!!
    Y'all are some amazing people! All these wonderful hobbies sound more like talents!! I'd say right now, more than anything my hobby is parenting! I just love spending all my time with my 2 little ones, everyone tells me to spend as much time as I can with them now, because before I know it they will be grown! I do like to cook also! Trying new recipes is always fun!

    So much talent...
    Seems like everyone here has such special talents except me - LOL. I enjoy a little bit of everything...I LOVE gardening and am always outside during the warm weather either weeding my gardens or walking. Unfortunately I don't walk much during the fall, which is absolutely the most beautiful time of year. The reason I don't is because I'm a wuss...we have a rather large black bear who is seen roaming around quite often in the fall looking for something to eat so he can fatten up for the winter.

    In the winter I love reading, sewing, crocheting and baking. I guess I'm lucky because I have such a wide variety of interests that I can always find something to do that will keep my hands and my mind busy.

    Thanks Hondo, this is a really great thread, it gives us a chance to know each other on a more personal level.

    My best to everyone,
    Glenna
  • KristynRuth86
    KristynRuth86 Member Posts: 140
    #56
    Skiffin16 said:

    Cat's In The Cradle
    They grow up way faster than you'll ever realize....

    I can remember the days when my children were just babies and toddlers especially. Now my daughter is 25 and my son 30....very hard to think my little boy is 30 years old.

    It always reminds me of the Harry Chapin song, "Cat's In The Cradle"....

    Best,
    John

    Skiffin
    Goodness, I bet that is crazy once they are actual adults, you're like "What happened?" lol And your painting is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
  • matthewcplourde
    matthewcplourde Member Posts: 32
    #57
    Hondo said:

    Matthew
    I love stories are some of them on your blog

    Links are on the Blog!
    Yeah Hondo - follow the links on the right hand navigation :) Some of my shorter fiction is there. Free and less than 1000 words! Enjoy!
  • matthewcplourde
    matthewcplourde Member Posts: 32
    #58
    rozaroo said:

    Matthew!
    Congratulation's on the release of your book "Eden". My hubby is a huge fiction follower, so I will head to chapter's to see if it is available if not I shall order it. I find it best to let him read it first or he will be pestering me to hurry up & finish it,I like to take my time & enjoy a good book! Thank you for sharing your blog with us all!

    What's Chapters?
    It's on iBooks and very soon on the nook, kindle, sony reader, etc etc. Available via paperback @Amazon very soon too :)
  • denistd
    denistd Member Posts: 597
    #59
    Glenna M said:

    So much talent...
    Seems like everyone here has such special talents except me - LOL. I enjoy a little bit of everything...I LOVE gardening and am always outside during the warm weather either weeding my gardens or walking. Unfortunately I don't walk much during the fall, which is absolutely the most beautiful time of year. The reason I don't is because I'm a wuss...we have a rather large black bear who is seen roaming around quite often in the fall looking for something to eat so he can fatten up for the winter.

    In the winter I love reading, sewing, crocheting and baking. I guess I'm lucky because I have such a wide variety of interests that I can always find something to do that will keep my hands and my mind busy.

    Thanks Hondo, this is a really great thread, it gives us a chance to know each other on a more personal level.

    My best to everyone,
    Glenna

    Hobby
    Humble Pie featured both Steve and Peter Frampton. Steve certainly had the best voice and the songs from Humble Pie (like 30 days in the hole) were more suited to Steve's bluesy vocal cords. Peter was a better guitarist than Steve, there was some friction I believe and that's why they never reached their full potential and peter did better in his solo career than Steve did. My first band was with Steve, a great singer and harmonica player. Hondo, if you e-mail me your address I will send you you an album I made in the sixties. Denis
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #60
    matthewcplourde said:

    What's Chapters?
    It's on iBooks and very soon on the nook, kindle, sony reader, etc etc. Available via paperback @Amazon very soon too :)

    Chapter's
    It is a huge chain book store that has outlet's all across Canada! We have a Starbuck's at the one in my city. They have cozy chair's that you can sit at to review book's etc. Plus some evening's they even have entertainment. What I love about this store is they have computer station's set up where you can check to see if a certain book is available. If not, they are more than happy to source it & ship it in. I have ordered many book's & the service is wonderfull. Our Chapter's is roughly 10,000 square ft in size!
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #61
    Glenna M said:

    So much talent...
    Seems like everyone here has such special talents except me - LOL. I enjoy a little bit of everything...I LOVE gardening and am always outside during the warm weather either weeding my gardens or walking. Unfortunately I don't walk much during the fall, which is absolutely the most beautiful time of year. The reason I don't is because I'm a wuss...we have a rather large black bear who is seen roaming around quite often in the fall looking for something to eat so he can fatten up for the winter.

    In the winter I love reading, sewing, crocheting and baking. I guess I'm lucky because I have such a wide variety of interests that I can always find something to do that will keep my hands and my mind busy.

    Thanks Hondo, this is a really great thread, it gives us a chance to know each other on a more personal level.

    My best to everyone,
    Glenna

    You do have a Talent
    Shelley wanted me to tell you that your sense of humor is a talent. She loves your wit and comments on our FaceBook.

    Best,
    John

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